Power transmission and support therefor



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Filed Feb. 5, 1945 w. FERRIS POWER TRANSMISSION AND SUPPORT THEREFOR 8 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Feb. 5, 1945 INVENTOR WALTER FERRIS BY WWATTORNEY I 6, 1949 w. FERRIS POWER TRANSMISSION AND SUPPORT THEREFOR 8 SheetS-Sheet 7 Filed Feb. 5, 1945 NVNTOR WALTER FERRS W. FERRIS POWER TRANSMISSION AND SUPPORT THEREFOR 8 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed Feb. 5, 1945 vm mm INVENTOR WALTER FERRIS ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 6, 1949 POWER TRANSMISSION AND SUPPORT THEREFOR r Walter Ferris, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to The Oilgea' Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application February 5, 1945, Serial No. 576,242

20 Claims.

This invention relates to power transmissions of the type consisting primarily of two power units one of which functions as a generator and the other of which functions as a motor. A transmission to which the invention relates in particular has one of its power units mechanically connected to the axle of a vehicle to drive the same or to be driven therefrom. The invention is particularly adapted for use on railway cars having an 'air conditioning apparatus carried by the body of the car and driven from the car axle but it is also adapted for other uses such as on a locomotive having an axle thereoi driven by a motor which is energized by a generator carried by the body of the locomotive.

The axles of railway cars and the driving axles of locomotives are each mounted near the ends thereof in journal boxes which are slidable vertically in a truck frame or undercarriage, and the body of a, car or locomotive is supported from the journal boxes through springs which permit the axle to move vertically relatively to the body and also permit one end of the axle to move vertically relatively to the other end thereof. An axle of a railway car is adapted to swing horizontally in an arc relative to the car body for the reason that the body is pivotally supported upon the trucks in order that the trucks may pivot beneath the body when the car is passing around a curve in the track.

In a transmission having one of its power units connected by a drive to an axle of a vehicle, distortion of the drive should be avoided to thereby avo d undue loss of power and excessive wear of the parts.

The present invention has as an object to provide a vehicle with a transmission having one of its nower un ts connected to an axle of the vehicle by a drive and so supported that any material distortion or misalinement of the drive is avoided.

Another object is to provide a transmission in which a power unit is connected to the axle of a veh cle by a drive and the power unit is adjustable relative to the axle to thereby adjust the drive.

Another ob ect is to provide a power unit with a sup ort which is supported at least in part by an axle of a vehicle in such a manner that the axle may readily be removed and replaced by another axle without disturbing the support.

Another object is to provide a shield for enclosing the drive between a power unit and an axle.

Another object is to provide the drive between an axle and a power unit with a shield having a 2 separable portion to permit the axle to be removed from the truck. r

Other objects and advantages will appear from the description hereinafter given of transmissions in which the invention is embodied.

The invention is exemplified by the structures shown in part in detail and in part schematically in the accompanying drawings in which the Views are as iollows:

Fig. 1 is a side view partly in section of two portions of a railway car having a compartment Suspended from the car body and its lighting and air conditioning apparatus arranged within the compartment and adapted to be driven by a hydraulic motor which is connected by 'fluid channels to a pump which is driven from the car axle and supported in part by two journal boxes and in part from the body of the car.

Fig. 2 is a plan view taken in the plane indicated by the arrows 2-2 on Fig. 1 but with the truck frame omitted except for portions thereof adjacent the journal boxes.

Fig. 3 is a plan view taken in the plane indicated by the arrows 2-2 on Fig. 1 and showing the parts in the positions occupied when the car is on a curve of minimum radius, a part of the truck frame being broken away to expose other parts.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and showing the drive for the pump and the shield for enclos ng the drive.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2 and showing a device for preventing rotation of -a portion of the shield shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the irregular line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. '7 is a section taken through a device for adiusting the drive shown in Fig. 4, the view being taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1 and drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a View showing the device by means of which the pump is su ported in part from the body of the car, the view being taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 10 and 11 are longitudinal sections through the end portions of one of the slide pipes shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the views being taken, respectively, on the lines lil- IE and H-II of 2 and drawn to a larger scale.

Figs. 12 and 13 are longitudinal sections through the end portions of the other slide pipes, the views being taken, respectively, on the lines 3 12-12 and l3-l3 of Fig. 2 and drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 14 is a longitudinal section through a device for opposing the hydraulic forces which act longitudinally upon the parts of the slide pipes, the view being taken on the line l4--l4 of Fig. 2 and drawn to a larger scale..

Fig. 15: is aview' somewhat similar to Fflgr 1 but showing the left end of the pump support suspended from the truck frame and the pump con-l nected by fiexible hose to the fluid channels carried by the body of the car.

Fig. 16 is a section taken on the line |6-'-l6-' of Fig. 15 and drawn to a larger scale.

Since air conditioned railway carsr are welh known, only so much of the car has been illustrated as is necessary to show the application of, the invention thereto. As shownin- Fig.- 1,' th'ecar has a compartment I Suspended from .the car' body 2 and enclosing a hydraulic motor 3 which 20 isadapted to drive thecarlightingandaircon-. ditionin; apparatus 'not shown. Motor ,3 'may be ,of the constant ,displacement typeor it may bea variable. displa'cementmotorand ,be provided with a suitable control 'arranged within a housing 4.

The car lighting and air conditioning apparatus is assumed 'to include an air conditioner, an A. C. motor-generator and a 1750. motor-generator. When the A. C. ,motor-generator, is driven, it Supplies ,current 'for lighting the 'cars and, whenit is energized by current from a source outside `the car, it drives the D; C'.",motor-generator and ,the air, conditioner. When the D. C; motor-,generatoris driven, it'supplies current for charging the car batteries and, "when it'is 'energized by current fromthe batteries, it drives the A. C. motor-generatorand the air conditioner. In order that hydraulic 'motor 3 may drive the apparatus but not be 'driven by one or the 'other of the motor-generators, it' is connected thereto through an over-running -clutch' .5 j

Car body 2 is pivotally supported in the usual manner upon a pair of trucks each of which has a pair of wheels arranged at each `end'thereo to support the car upon the track'but only a portion of one truck has been shown as the car per se forms no part of` 'the present inventicn.

In the portion shown, a pair of wheels 6 is supported upon a track 1 and fixed upon'an axle 8 au having opposite ends thereof mounted in a pair of journal boxes 9 which are slidable' vertically in-opposite sides of the -frame lil 'Of the truck and support car body 2 through springs as is well known, car body 2 ordinarily being pivotally connected to each truck at its center as by-means of a center hearing l I (Fig 3) Hydraulic motor 3 is adaptedto be-energized by liquid supplied thereto from a reversible variable disolacementpumpl which'is arranged beneath the car. As shown in Fig. 4, the shat' 'I i of pump hi' 'has a -chain wheel'- !5 fixed thereon and connected by a silent chain IB to a chain wheel l T which'is fixed uponaxle' -8 so that pump !4 is driven *whenever-the car is in' motion.

Pump M is fixed to a rigd crossbeam a which' has a pair of arms |9 fixed. to its oppositeends and extending fromone side =threof "as shown in Figsx-l and 2.1 The two arms-I 9 are connected,- respectively, to two ilugs-2a which are -welded or otherwise rigidly securedrespectively,. to, the .two. journal boxes 9 andsuppQrt crossbeam .18 .at onesid Vthe'eO.-

The other, side of; crossbeam |8,may. becsuspnded `by meansor a .hangerromthe `car .body

as shown in Fig. 1 or from the truck frame as shown in Fig. 15. The hanger may be connected directly to crossbeam I 8 but with the types of pump and truck frarne shown, it is prefera'oly connected to a housing Zi which encloses the control mechanism for pump M. Hoy-.sing Zi is fixed to or formed integral with a housing 22 which encloses ;pump ;14 and; is xcd to crossbeam |8"so that housings 2I and '22 and crosslO beam |8 form a rigid support for pump i As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 9, the hanger for the pump support'may include a curved track such as andi-beam 23 which is fixed by its upper flange to the,center sill 24 of,the car body, a trolley 25 which-is 'mountedupon the lower fiange of track 23,';and.a;linkI.28Iwhich is pivotally connected to trolley 25 and to suitable lugs 21 fixed to housing Zt upon the centerlihe of the pump support.

When..the car passes around a curve, the truck'will'pivot beneath the car body and trolley 25 will move along curved track 23, as shown in Fi'gr-3; so--th`at hanger 25 '-26 remains substantially ve'ticalat all times.- Inorder to prevent the punpsupport from dropping upon track 'in case-hanger -zfi should' fail, a link 28 has its lowe--end--pivoted to housing 22 and its upper end slotted to--rceive a pin z-car'ied by truck framen.

Since the car body-is supported upon spring& itwill' move -vertically relative to axle a and it will sway and-'lurch due tocurves and to unevenness of th'etr'ack: Swaying and lurching of the car body will not cause any lateral. or tiiting movement :of 'the pump *support for the reason that hanger 25-25 is connected .tothe pump support upon the centerline thereoh Vertical-movements of the, car body, however, will'be transmitted to the :pumpsupport through hanger 25-26 and, inzorder thatthe pump support may pivot relatively to the ame-and to permit .adjustment 'of drivng ,chain' l6,. the 'pump' support is pivcted to-lugs'zby eccentric `pins which may be rotated to .move 'thepump'supporttoward or from the axlen.

As shown, eacharm 19 is bifurcated to provide two `fianges which engage opposit'e faces of a lug 20:: Theouter and innerzzflanges are bored to receive, respectively, 'a large diameter. end* portion 32 andfa concentric'smalldiameter end portion 33- 'of a e pn having anintermediate eccentric portion 3 & journaled in the lug 20. (Fig. 7.) Lug 20 mayhave'a bore just' the right size to receive eccentric portion 34 but' preferably a rubber orhother ,resilient bushing 35 is nterposed between the .eccentric portion 34 and the wall of the bore to absorb Vibrations and to prevent small movements from-being transmitted from' the car wheels tothe pump support. In' orderto prevent undue wear 'ofbushing 35'; a tubular metallic hearing-36 `is closely 'fitted'therein and eccentric portion 34 is: journaled *in-hearing 35.

The 'arrangement is such that the pump support may pivotupon lugs'20 in response to vertical movements of ;car body 2 relative to axle 8 while eccentr ic pins '32-34' positively'retain the pump support- -in-'parallelism with axle 8 and; since hanger25=26- is connected to the pump support ata singlepontuponthe centerline thereof and its' upper end ismova-ble transversely of car body 2 so that ,the-pump support-cannot be moved laterally orr-tilted by-movement':of car body 2,

maintained in alinement with chain wheelll on.ax1e8.

Eacheccentric pin32-r-34 isadapted to be rotated by a, lever 31 which is connected at one end, as by means of a bolt 38, to pin 32-34 upon the aXis thereof and which is also connected to pin 32-34 by a cap screw 39 inserted through lever 3'! and threaded into any one of a plurality of holes 40 which are formed in large portion 32 upon an are spaced from the axis of the pin. The other end of lever 3'! is adapted to be secured in adjusted positions by means of a cap screw 4! which may be threaded into any one of a plurality of holes 42 formed in the outer fiange of arm [9.

The arrangement is such that, when cap screws 41 are removed and both levers 31 are swung in one direction or the other, eccentrc pins 32-34 will be rotated in arms !9 and in lugs ZE) and will move the pump support toward or from axle 8 to thereby adjust chain IS until it is neither too tight nor too loose.

If the throw of the eccentric portions 34 of pins 32-34 is insufiicient to properly adjust chain !6 during movement of levers 31 from one to another of holes 42, cap screws 39 may be removed and levers 37 swung upon bolts 38 to new positions and fastened in those positions by inserting cap screws 39 in other holes 40.

Chain lt is preferably arranged within an inclosure which contains lubricant for the chain and which protects the chain from dust and other foreign matter. wheel [5 and a portion of chain !E are arranged within the end portion of pump housing 22. Chain wheel ll and another portion of chain IS are arranged within a housin consisting of a body 46 and a detachable cap 41 which are z fastened together by a plurality of bolts 48.

As shown in Fig. 6, housing 46-41 is supported upon axle 8 by six rollers or ball bearings 49 three of which are arranged upon each side of wheel I'l and each of which is carried by a stub shaft 58 fixed in an end wall of housing 45-41.

Rollers 49 may bear directly upon axle 8 but preferably each set of three rollers 49 bears upon a hardened sleeve 51 two of which are fixed upon the enlarged central portion of axle 8 and extend into or through opposite ends of housing 46-41. The bores in the end walls of housing 46-47 are slightly larger in diameter than sleeves 5! to provide therebetween clearance which ordinarily is so small that it has not been shown in the drawing. This clearance is filled with hard grease which provides a seal to prevent dust from enterin the housing and to prevent escape of lubricant therefrom.

Rotation of housing 45-41 is prevented by a link 52 (Figs. 2 and 5) which has its right end pivoted to a lug 53 fixed to housing body 46 and its left end connected by a bolt 54 to a lug 55 fixed to crossbeam !8. Bolt 54 is removed before crossbeam !8 is shifted to adjust chain !E and, after adjustment is made, bolt 54 is inserted through lug 55 and the proper one of a plurality of holes 56 formed in the left end of link 52.

As shown in Fig. 4, the lower reach of chain :6 extends through crossbeam !8 which is hollow and forms a reservoir !il from which the hydraulic circuit is supplied with motive liquid. A passage through reservoir 57 is provided by a continuous wall 58 which is fixed to or formed integral with the side walls of crossbeam a and extends around the path of chain !6. That portion of the lower reach of chain !5 between crossbeam !8 and housing part 46 is enclosed within an extensible and contractible tube 59 which has its ends at- As shown in Fig. 4, chain 6 tachedto crossbeam I8 and housing part 46 respectively.

The upper reach of chain IE is enclosed within an extensible and contractible tube 60 which has 'one end connected to housin 22 and its other end connected to housing body 46. Tubes 59 and se will contract or stretch when the pump support is moved toward or from axle 8 by rotation of eccentric pins 32-34.

Motor 3 is provided with a control which automatically varies motor displacement to maintain the motor speed substantially constant after it has reached a predetermined maximum speed, and pump |4 is provided with a control which causes it to dscharge liquid in the same direction regardless of direction of car movement and which maintains pump displacement at maximum until the car speed has reached a given intermediate speed, such as 25 M. P. H., and thereafter varies pump displacement inversely to variations in car speed above the intermediate speed to thereby enable motor 3 todrive the car lighting and air conditioning apparatus at a substantially constant speed whenever the car is moving at or above the predetermined intermediate speed as fully explained in my co-pending application serial No. 576243, filed February 5, 1945, now Patent No. 2,477,974.

Motor 3 and pump !4 may each be of any suitable type but they have been indicated as being of the sliding vane type. Hydrodynamic machines of the sliding vane type are well known and, since the essential features of motor 3 and pump !4 are explained in the above mentioned application, they have not been illustrated in detail. It is deemed sufficient to state herein that each includes a rotor having radial vane slots formed therein and vanes slidably fitted in the slots, the rotor of pump |4 being fixed upon shaft l4 to be driven thereby from axle 8 and the rotor of motor 3 being connected to clutch 5 to drive the same when motor 3 is energized by liquid delivered thereto from pump 14 The outer ends of the vanes of each machine ride upon an endless vane track which extends around the rotor and is approximately elliptical when the machine is performing useful work. The vane track includes two diametrically opposed sealing bridges which are arranged close to the periphery of the rotor and two working bridges which are located from the scaling bridges and are spaced from the periphery of the rotor when the machine is performing useful work. An inlet port and a discharge port are arranged upon opposite sides of each bridge and the vanes in contact with the bridges provide seals between adjacent ports.

In pump !4, liquid is drawn from the inlet port into the space between the rotor and the vane track as the vanes pass from a scaling bridge to a. working bridge and it is expelled through the discharge port as the vanes pass from a working bridge to a scaling bridge. The liquid discharged by pump |4 acts upon the outer end portions of the motor vanes in contact with the working bridges and causes the rotor of motor 3 to rotate and drive clutch 5. The liquid discharged by motor 3 is returned to the intake of pump I4.

The vanes move outward as they pass from a scaling bridge to a working bridge and they are forced inward as they move from a working bridge to a scaling bridge. The slots of the outward movlng pump vanes are ordinarily supplied with liquid by an auxiliary pump and the "inward moving pump '-'vans expi qunirom their slots and this liquid oWs to-the `"slots 'of the outward m'oving motor vanes-'andhoids those vanes 'in contact with' the vane track. The in- *war'd moving motor-vanes xpl liquid from' their 'sidts and this iiqui fiow s 'to the *slots of "the outward moving I pump vanes.

There are thus required two'spara'te circuits, one being a main circui-tior the' liq'id 'which -djives' niotor 3 'and 'the other being'a vane root cir'c'uit for `'the liquid which holds the 'vanes 'Since 'pump 'M nioves lateraliy through a -the car passes around a 'curve as indicate'd in 'Fig. 3'a"nd sincecar body 2 tilts relative to axle =8 a's previo'usly expiained, the circuits 'must include fiexible portions 'to permit pump I4 to move in all directionsreiativeto body 2. The

-fiexibleportions may comp'rise lengths' of exibie c hose as indicated in Fig. or the circuits may include slide pipes haVing"fieXib1e-portions.

As shown in 'Figs 1 and2,`th'e*ho'using 22 of pump !4 is`connected-by` two slide pipes 65 and to a'manifold 61 which is fixed'to 'car body 2 upon'the underside'the'reof. since slide' pipes -65 and fis'cannotbeconnectedto car body 2 at the point at which it is pivoted'to the truck for the reason that'that point is 'occupied'by center'bearing 'I I, rtation of the truck reiative to ca "b'ody 2 causes a variation in the 'lengths of slide pip'e's and but'manifold '61 is preierahiy located as near 'centerbea'ring ll as convenientiy possible to threb'y ke ep" the variations in the iengths f 'slidepipes and- 66' at'a minimum.

As shown in Figs. "10 and 11, slide pipe contains an outer annular passage 68 which *coliects leaka geirom'the vane ro'ot circuit and discharges it into rservoir 51 through a'passa'ge not'shown, 'an annularpassage 69 which is arranged within passage 68 and forms-a part of the return s'ideof 'the 'vane root 'circuit, 'and a central passage TU'Which is-'arran'ged within passage 69 and forms a partf the 'pressure side of themain circuit. v

Passage'l communicates tits'l'ftend with the discharge port 't'of pump [4 and it communicates at its right 'end with 'a'port '12 which is formed in manifoid 51' and connected by a channel'i (Fig. 1) 'to the iniet'port of motor 3. The left end cf passage 69 communicates with a por-t 'M which' is formed inpump housing '22 and communicate: with the vane slots of the outward moving'vanes of pump l'4 an'd`the right end of passage 59 communicates with a'- port'15 which is formed in manifold- 61- a'nd 'conneted bya channel ?5 to a poft `(not shown) which is formed in motor' s and ccmmunicates with the" vane slots of the'inwa'rdmovi'ng motor vanes. i

As shown in Figs. '12 and 13, {slide pipe es contains an 'outer annular passage T8'which coliects leakage 'from the return sideof the main ircuit and discharges itinto reservoir -Tthroug'h a'pa'ssage not "shown, an-'annular passage 19`whih`is arranged within passage 18 and forms-a part of the returnside of the main'circuit,` and a central passage 81) which is'arrange'd within passage 79 and forms a part of the pressure side of'` the vane root circuit.

Passage 19 communicates at itsle'ft end with the intake port 'Bl of 'pump M 'and-it 'communicates 'at its right' end 'with 'a port "82 which is formed in^manifo1d61 and connected by a channel 83 (Fi'g. I) to "the disc'harge port of motor 3. The left end of 'passage Communicates with port 84 which is formed 'nicates with the vane slots of the outward moving pump vanes.

The arrangemerit-is such that any liquid leaking from the high pressure side of either circuit -enters thelow pressure side of the other circuit and any iiquid leaking from the low pressure side of 'eithercircuit enters the outer annular passage '6801' '18 'and then fiows to reservoir 51.

In o'rderthat slide pipe 65 may be connected 'betweenpump housing 2'2 and manifold 61, it includes a, left end sections!! (Fig, 1`0) which is rigidiysecured to'housing 22, as by means of bolts 29 I, and a right end section 92 (Fig. 11) which has a portion'thereof 'tapered and tightly 'fitted in a complementary bore'formed in manifold` 61. Section'92 has a stud'as fixed to the end thereo'f and =e`xtendingthrou`gh a, plate 94 arranged upon the end of manifoid''l. A nut 95 threaded upon Stud SSmay beghtened against plate 54 to wedge section-92 intomanifold'fi'l and thereby provide 'a 'liquid tight joint 'therebetween End *section 92 'has an axial bore 96 formed therein *and a tubul'ar 'element 91 is arranged within bore 38 with'its right end portion tightly fitted therein to provide 'a liquid tight joint. Ele- 'ment'ei may be fixed in position by one or more suitable pins fittedin its wall and in the wall of section 92. The bore of eiement 97 forms a part of passage n and communicates with'port 12 in manifold 61 through a piurality'of radial' passages 98 'which are formed in section 92.

The leftportion of' element 91 is smaller in diameter than bore %and the space between the periphery i of 'that portion of element `91 and 'the wall-ofbore"96 forms'a part of passage 69 and communicates with port 15 in manifold 61 through aplurality of radial passages-99 which are formed insection 92.

The left endof element 91 is provided with one part of an annular ball and socket joint !00 the other part of which is' arranged upon the right end of a pipe n which constitutes the interme'diate po-rtionof passage Te. The leit end of pipe Ifll `isprovided with one part of an annular baliand socket joint !02 (Fig. 10) the other part of which is arranged .upon the adjacent end of a pipe !03 which constitutes the left portion of passage :19 and extends through end section' into communication with `port 'I|. Passage 10 is thus formed by pipes IOI and !03, element 97 andpassages 93 so that iiquid may flow freeiy from port 'H in pump housing 22 to port 12 in manifold 61.

End section contains an axial bore !04, a counterborelfl 5 which isconcentric with bore !04 and has a hoilow piston 5.05 closely fitted therein, and a portion ofrpassage 69 which is arranged at one side of bore I !Hand communicateswith countei-bore !05 and with port M in pump housing 22.

'Pipe !03 is ciosely fitted in bore !94 toislide therein and it extends loosely through the head of piston *IOG'which also'has a plurality of passages lfi'l formed therein to provide communication between counterbore'IS and the interior of piston IOG. The left end of bore IM is enlarge'd and an oil seall'i-OB is-'arranged therein to prevent eakage of liquid from port 'H into counterbore !05.

A plurality of lugs !09 are formed upon pipe !03 in an annular row 'adjacent joint !02 and are spaced apart to permit free flow of liquid through passage 65-). A spring is arranged around pipe !03 between lugs !06 and the head of pisten !06 to urge pipe l03 against pipe !ti and pipe !0! against element 0'! to thereby initially keep jonts !00 and !02 tight. When pump !4 is delivering liquid under pressure to motor 3, joints !00 and !02 are kept tight by spring !!0 and by pump pressure acting upon the left end of pipe !03.

large enough to provide between its inner periphery and the outer periphery of pipe iii! a space which forms the portion of passage 66 between end section 62 and pisten me.

End section 92 (Fig. ll) has formed upon its inner wall an annular spherical surface which forms cne part of a ball and socket joint !!6 the other part oi' which is arranged upon the right end of pipe !!5. Joint !!6 is kept tight initially by a coil spring !!'l which u'ges pipe !!5 toward the right and has one of its ends connected to pipe 5 and its other end connected to the skirt of end section 92. Piston !06 (Fig. likewise has formed upon its inner wall an annular spherical surface which forms one part of a ball and socket joint !!8 the other part of which is arranged upon the left end of pipe i !5. Joint !8 is ke t tight initially by a coil spring !!9 which urges piston !06 toward the right and has one of its ends connected to pipe !!5 and its other end connected to the skirt of piston !06.

Passage 60 thus includes the portion thereof that is formed in end section 90 and communicates withport 14,. counterbore !05, passages !01, the interior of piston !06, the space between pipes 0! and i, the space between the outside of element 07 and the wall of bore 06 in end section 92, and passages 99 which communicate with port 75 in manifold 61. Therefore, liquid may flow freely from port '15 to port 14.

Coil springs !!l and !!9 must have sufficient tension to overcome the opposing force exerted by spring !!0 and must also urge pisten !06 toward the right with sufcient force to keep ball and socket joints !00 and !02 tight. Any pressure in passage 69 acts upon piston !06 and assists springs !!l' and !!6 in keeping joints !00 and !02 tight.

Pipe has its central portion arranged within a considerably larger pipe !20 which is spaced from pipe !!5 by apertured separators !2! to provide a space which forms a part of passage 68. The left end portion of pipe !!5 is enclosed within a fiexible shield !22 which has its ends sealed. to pipe !20 and to end section 90, respectively, and provides a second portion of passage 63. The right end portion of pipe !!5 is enclosed within a fiexible shield !23 which has its ends sealed to pipe !20 and to end section 92, respectively, and provides a third portion of passage 68.

The arrangement is such that any liquid leaking from high :pressure passage 10 through joints !00 and 102 or past seal !68 enters low pressure passage 69 and any liquid leaking from low pressure passage 69 through joints !!6 and !!8 or past pisten !06 is collected in passage 68 and drained therefrom into reservoir 51 through a passage arranged in a plane not shown in the drawings.

Pipe i0! is arrange inside of a, pipe !5 which is Slide pipe 66 is substantially the same as slide passage '!0 and passage '!9 is larger than passage 69. Therefore, a detailed description of a slide pipe is deemed unnecessary since corresponding parts have been indicated by corresponding rei'erence numerals with the exponent a" added to the reference numerals applied to slide pipe 66.

Pipes !ill and !03 and element Bl are smaller in diameter than pipes !0! and !03 and element 62', respectively, for the reason that they form parts of the high pressure side of the vane root circuit, which carries considerably less liquid than the main circuit, put pipe may be the same size as pipe !!6 since decreasing the diameter of pipe !Eli correspondingly increases the space between its outer periphery and the inner periphery of pipe !6 Any liquid leaking from high pressure channel enters channel TS which forms a part of the low pressure side of the main circuit, and any liquid leaking from channel '!9 is collected in channel '!8 'and drained therefrom into reservoir.

El' through a passage arranged in a plane *not shown in the drawings.

Ball and socket joints !00, !00 !!6, and !55 and flexible shields !23 and !23 permit slide pipes 66 and 66 to bend in any direction at a point near manifold 61. Ball and socket joints !02, !02% !0 and !!3 and flexible shields !22 and !22 permit slide pipes 65 and 66 to bend in any direction at a point near pump housing 22. Pipes !03 and !03% pistons !06 and !06 and fiexible shields !22 and !22 permit slide pipes 65 and 66 to vary in length. Therefore, pump !4 may move vertically relative to axle 8 and in any direction relative to car body 2 while slide pipes 65 and 66 maintain substantially fluid tight channels between pump housing 22 and manifold 61. Slide pipes 65 and 66 are not specifically claimed herein as they are claimed in Patent No. 2,462fl34. v

The high pressure liquid in passage '!0 and the high pressure liquid in passage 80 exert considerable forces upon pump housing 22 and on manifold 6'! and tend to push them apart. In order to largely neutralize these forces and to reduce the net reactions delivered to pump casing 22 and to manifold 6'! by the slide pipes when under pressure, the device shown in Figs. 2 and 14 is provided. This device includes a cylinder !30 which is fixed to or formed integral with pump housing 22, a piston !3! which is tted in cylinder !30 and has an integral piston rod !32 extending through one end thereof, and a rod !33 which is connected to piston rod !32 by a universal joint !34 and to manifold 6'! by universal joint !35. Joints !34 and !35 are preferably enclosed within flexible dust proof boots !36 and !31 respectively.

The head end of cylinder !30 is connected by a' drain passage !38 to the interior of pump housing 22 and the rod end of cylinder 530 is connected by a passage !39 (Figs lO and 14) to high pressure port 1! so that the rod end oi pisten' !3! is at all times subjected to the pressure created by pump !4.

The arrangement is such that, when pump !4 0 is creating pressure, pump housing 22 and manifold 6'! are -urged toward each other by piston !3! with a force which is proportonal to the slide pipe forces tending to move pump housing and manifold 67 away from each other and there- 11 pisten l 3.1 is not made ,equal to the slide pipe forces because the pull of chan l6 must alsobe considered. As the car moves in one or the other direction, the upper or ;the lower strand of chan is tight. When the upper strand is tight lt strongly assists pisten 13,! in opposing the slide pipe forces. When the lower strand is tight its force is resisted principally by eccentric pins 32-34, and the pull of piston l3l would have to be larger to balance the slide pipeforces. Hence, asize is chosen for piston `Hil which gives an average balancing force, leaving a moderate Vexcess or deciency to be opposed by the supports of pump housing 22 and manifold 61.

When the car moves in one direction or the other, pump M will be driven in one direction or the other but it will discharge liquid in only one direction regardless of the direction of car movement, and its axis will remain parallel to the ,axis of axle 8 .regardless .of relative movements of car body 2 and axle 8 as previously explained.

The liquid discharged by pump 'M will flow through Channels 'in and 13 `to motor 3 and drive` it, the liquid discharged by `motor 3 will be returned to pump !4 through channels 83 and 19, the liquid expelled by the inward moving pump vanes will fiow through Channels 80 and 86 to motor 3 and hold the outward moving motor vanes against the vane track, and the liquid expelled by the inward moving motor vanes will flow through channels 76 and 69 to pump !4 and supply liquid to the outwardmov'ng pump vanes.

When the car is stationary and at low car speeds, the car lighting and -air conditioning apparatus is driven by one of its own electric -motors but, when the car reaches an intermediate speed, pump [4 delivers liqud to motor 3 at a rate high enough to cause motor 3 to run fast enough to pick up the load-through overrunning clutch 5 and thereafter at all car speeds above the intermediate speed the car lighting and air conditioning apparatus will be driven by motor'3.

Figs. 15 and 16 Instead of employing slide pipes :65 and 66 as parts of the hydraulic circuit, liquid may be transmitted between pump Hand the fluid channels on car body 2 through sections of fiexible hose each of which is long enough to permit the truck to turn through the maximum angular distance without stretching or breaking the hose.

As shown, channel 13 on car body 2 -is connected to pump housing 22 by a-fiexible hose !45 which corresponds to passage 10 in slide pipe65; channel 16 on car body 2 isconnected to pump housing 22 by a fiexible hose 146 'which corresponds to passage 69 in slide pipe 65; channel 83 on car body 2 is connected to pump housing 22 by a fiexible hose !41 which correspondsto channel 19 in slide pipe 66; and channel 86 on car body 2 is connected to pump housing 22 by a flexble hose !48 which corresponds to passage 80 in slide pipe 65 so that the flow both in the main circuit and in the vane root circuit is the same as explained above.

Regardless of whether pump |4 and the fluid channels on car body 2 are connected `to each other by slide pipes or by fiexible hose, the left side of pump support 18-22 maybe Suspended from truck frame IO instead of fromcar body 2. As shown in Fig. 15, a pair of lugs MS is fixed to pump housing 22 upon the centerline of the pump support and a hanger 45 has its lower n rran ed e e ;lugs .9 an co r eted thereto by a pin l5| and its upper end arrangd between and connected by apin 152 to a. pair pf lugs l53 which are ,fixed to truck frane 0 upon the centerline-thereof.

In derto .comp n t o -.unequa m ements of the two journal boxes 9 in frame o, to cushion shocks and to absorb vibrations which would otherwise be transmitted to ,the pum support, an annular bushing .154 of rubber or other ;resilient material may `be fitted in the upp r ,end of hanger !50 and provided ,with an internal metal sleeve l5 5 in which ;pin 152 is fitted ;as shown in Fig. 16, and the lower end of hanger 5n may be provided ,with a similar bushing t5fi.

The nvention herein `set `fotth is susceptible of various modifications andadaptatons without departing `from the scope thereof. The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

1. In a Vehicles having a body, ahydraulicsmotor carried bysaid .body. a pair of journalboxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheels for sup porting said vehicle, and means .for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combi-- nation .of a ,pump for supplying liquid to said motor, means. for pivotallysupporting said pump at one side thereof from saidjournalboxes, other means for pivotally supporting'said pump at'he other side thereof, and a drive connecting said pump to said axle to ;transmitrotary motion -from one to the other.

2. In avehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said'body, an 'axle jour naled in said 'boxes and provided with wheels for supporting .said vehicle, *and means for sup.. porting said 'body from said journal boxes, ithe combination of a rotary--power unit, .means :for pivotally supporting said power unit at one side thereof from said journal boxes, other means.

said axle to transmitrotary motion from one to the other, and means for moving-said unit relative to said axle to thereby adjust said drive.

3. In a vehicle ;having a body, a pair of journa boxes arranged ;beneath said body, an axle jounnaled in said :boxes andprovided with wheels `forsupporting said vehicle, and means ,for supporting said body from said journal-boxes the.combination of .a rotary power unit supported inpart by said journal boxes. a first wheelconnectedto said power unit to rotate therewith, a second wheel fixed upon said axle, a flexible drive connecting said wheels to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a housing enclosing said: second wheel and 'including aremovable pontion to permit said axle to be removedfrom saidhouss ing, roller bearings 'for supporting said housing: from said axle, and means for` preventing rota.- tion of said housing.

4. In a vehicle `having a body, a, pair .of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, `an axle j ournaledin said boxesand provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and *means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a rotary .power unit supported` in part by said journal boxes. a firstwheelconnected to said power unit to rotatetherewith, a second wheel fixed upon said axle, a flexible drive iconnecting said wheels to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a housing enclosing said second wheel, a nl rautyor shaits carried bysaid. hous n .o tan ed-- u d said ax roller& carried by said shafts to support said housingfrom 13 said axle, and means for preventing rotation of said housing.

5. In a vehicle having a body, a -pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the com-bination of a rotary power unit supported in part by said journal boxes, a first wheel connected to said power unit to rotate therewith, -a second wheel fixed upon said axle, a exible drive connecting said wheels to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a housing enclosing said first wheel, a second housing enclosing said second wheel, roller bearings for supporting said second housing from said axle, and two tubes connected between said housing and enclosing the upper and lower reaches 'of said drive.

6. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided wi-th wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a rotary power unit supported in part by said journal boxes, a first wheel connected to said power unit to rotate therewith, a second wheel fixed upon said axle, a, fiexible drive connecting Wheels to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, means for moving said unit relative to said axle to thereby adjust said drive, a housing enclosing said first wheel, a second housing enclosing said second wheel, `and extensible shields connected between said housings and enolosing the upper and lower reaches of said drive to protect the same while permitting said power unit to be moved relative to said axle.

7 In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an :axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of -a rotary hydrodynamic machine supported in part by said journal boxes, 'a drive connecting said machine to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a second hydrodynamic machine carried by said body, and fluid channels connectin said machines to direct liquid from one to the other 'and including slide pipes each of which is extensible :and includes universal joints to compensate for bodily movement of said first machine relative to the body of said vehicle.

8. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, 'an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a rotary hydrodynamic machine supported in part by said journal boxes, a exible drive connecting said machine to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, means for moving said machine relative to said axle to thereby adjust said drive, a second hydrodynamic machine carried by said body, and fluid Channels connecting said machines to direct; liquid from one to the other and including slide pipes each of which is extensible and includes universal joints to compensate -for bodily -movement of said first machine relative to the body 'of said vehicle.

9. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an :axle journaled in said boxes and provided with Wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a support pivotally connected at one side thereof to both of said journal boxes, Other means for supporting said support at the other side thereof to provide with said journal boxes a three point suspension for said support, a rotary hydrodynamic machine carried by said support, and a drive connecting said rotary hydrodynamic machine to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other.

10. In a vehicle having :a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with Wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a rotary hydrodynamic machine, 'a drive connecting said rotary machine to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a support for said rotary machine, means for pivotally connecting said support at one side thereof to each of said journal boxes, and other means for supporting said support at the other side thereof from said body to provide with said journal boxes a three point suspension for said support.

11. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said `boxes and provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a power unit, a flexible drive connecting said unit to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a support for said power unit, means for connecting said support at one side thereof to each of said journal boxes, other means for supporting said support at the other side thereof to provide with said journal boxes a three point suspension for said support, a second power unit carried by said body, and power transmitting means oonnecting said units to each other and adapted to ex in response to movement of said axle relatively to said body, said connecting means including means for moving said support toward or from said axle to thereby adjust said drive.

12. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheeis for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the combination of a power unit, a flexible drive connecting said unit to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a support for said power unit, a lug fixed to each of said journal boxes, two eccentrics each of which has one part thereof journaled in an end of said support and another part thereof journaled in one of said lugs to support said support at one side thereof, other .means for supporting said support at the other side thereof to provide with said eccentrics a three point suspension for said support, and means for rotating each of said eccentrics to move said support relative to said axle to thereby adjust said drive.

13. In a vehicle having a body, a pair of journal boxes arranged beneath said body, an axle journaled in said boxes and provided with wheels for supporting said vehicle, and means for supporting said body from said journal boxes, the oombination of a power unit, a fiexible drive connecting said unit to said axle to transmit rotary motion from one to the other, a support for said power unit, a lug fixed to each of said journal boxes, two eccentrics each of which has one part thereof journaled in an end of said support and another part thereof journaled in one of said lugs to support said support at one side 76 thereof, other means for supporting said support t aa 13 at the other side' ther eof to provide with sai-d ecoentrics a three --point suspension-for-said support, a. resilient bushing--arrangedaround one portionof each of 'said ecoentrics toreduce vibrations transmitted-fromsaid journal boxes to said support, and means for rotating eaclr ofsaideccentrics to move saidsupport relativeto said axle to therebyadjust said drives l4.-. In a vehicle having abody a pairof jour nal boxes arrangedbeneath saidbody, an axle journaled in said boxes .and-provided with: wh'eels for supporting said vehicle and meansz-for` supporting said 'body from said journal 1 boxes, the combination of a power -unit,' a fiexible-d riven connecting said unite to.- said-axle to transmi-t rotaymotion from-;one to the other a support.

for `saictpower unit; a luge, fixed to.each -of :said journal -boxes, two `eccentrics 4 each.- of which .has one `part thereofirjournaied in amend 'of said' support and:: another part thereot" journaled in one of;said-:1ugs to :support said support at^one side thereof, other means for supporting-said support at the other` side the'eot` to-;provide with said eccentrics a` three-point'suspension for said support, a `resilient bushing arranged around one portion of each of -said eccentrics to reduce;

vibrations transmitted from said-journal boxesg to said support, and`a levergfor rotating. each of' said eccentrics to movessaid support relative to said axle to therebyadjust; said idrive said *lever having one end thereof; connected to saidf ec.-.

end thereof.

15. In a. vehicie-having amunder-oarriage; a-.

pair of journal boxes, arrangedinsaid unde1 carriage, an axle journaled' in said boxes and: provided with wheels toi support' said vehicle: and: a body pivotally supportedupon said underm` carriage, the combinationxofaapowerwunitg a drive connecting said :unit to said:ax1e to:-transmit rotary motion fromone totheiother,` a:sup.-.. port for said power unit,.means iorgconnecting.

said support at one side thereofto=each .of ;said-i journal boxes, andothenmeans for supportingsaid support at the otherside thereof from-said::

body while permitting said under-carriage :to rotate through; a p maximum angular x distance.

relative to said body and saimi -body to.-rock-uponsaid under-carrage.

16. In` a vehicle havinganzunder-eariage ,i a. pair of journalboxes :arranged: ins said-aunderi carriage, an aXle journaledzzinv said boxes land: provided with wheels to support zsaidwehicleand a body pivotally supported upon;said;.-under-.car-..

riage, the combinaton of. a power unit,: adrivei connecting said unit to said: axleto transmit rotary motion from: one. to the pother azsupport* for said` power =unit, means-;for connecting; said support `at oneiside thereofi to each oflsaidrjouns;

nal boxes, other means for supportingusaidsupe port at the other. side thereof. 'from .said :body

while permitting said YundeL-,carriageto; rotatel through a maximum angular -distanee;,rlatiue to said bod and saidbodyfimroek uflgnssaid under-carriage, and safety means, for :supporting said support at said other :side thereof fromg said under-carriage upon :failureoi said other supporting means.

1'6- provided-*with wheels to supportsaid-vehicle and" a body pivotally supported upon said' under carriage; the combination of a power-unit; a drive connecting; said unit' to said axle to transmit: rotary motion from one to the other, a support .ior-.saidpgwer unit, means for connecting said' support 'at one side thereof to ,each of said jour.- nal ,boxes, a curved track carriedbysaid body upontheunderside ,thereof, a troley mountedr upon-saidtrack, and a hanger forsupporting: saidsupport atthei other side thereof from said; trolley 18:. In-ia vehicle having an ;under-carriage,- ai. pair ro journal boxesarranged in said under-.- carriage; an axle journaled in-saidboxes and: plovidedwth wheels to support said ovehicle and. a body pivotallyv supported a upon said under.- carriage; thecombination of a power unit, afiexible driveconnectingsaid unit to said'axle totransmitrotary motion from one to the othex a support for--saidpower unit, means forconnecting said support at one side thereof to each' of said journal boxes, said connecting means inciuding means formoving said support toward' or fromsaid axle to thereby adjustsaid drive. and othermeans for supporting said support at the oth r side thereof from isaid body whileper mittipg said 'undercarragey to rotate through a i maximum angular distance relativeto said body and said body to rockupon saidunder carriaga 19. In a vehiciehaving an under-carriage, a i pairojou'nal boxes-arrangecl in' said undercarriaga an axlajournaled in-saidxboxes andprovided withwheels to support said vehicle and a obody pivotallysupported uporr said undercarriage the ;combinatiorof a power unit,..a drive ponnecting said. unit to said axle to trans-- mitrotary motion romone to the other, means for supporting; said power unit'at one sidethereofst'onbth: oixsaidujournal boxes, and other meansrfor supporting said power unit from said under-carriageincluding'a link, pins for con- ;vunecting opposite ends of -said linkto said unitand said 'under-carriage,-- and' a resilient bushing arranged around at least one of said pins to permit siight movement of said, under-carriage relative to said unit.

20.'; n a,vehic1e having a body, a pair of journal box sarrangedgbeneath said. body, an- ,axle journaledin said. ,boxes and providedwith wheels for supportingsaid vehicle, and means for support-. I ingsaid. ,body from said journal. boxes, the com- *bination of a rotary hydrodyuamic machine-sup.- portednat one -side thereof from said journal boxeS.,-. afdr-ive connecting said' 'machine' to saidaxle-rto transmit rotary motion-cfrom one to the uther, a second hydrodynamic machine `carriedz by. said bodyfiuid Channels connecting said manos todirect liqu'd from one to the other and including slide pipes each of which is extersible` and-:includesuniversal joints to compensate for sbodily movementof said` first machine *relativeto the body'of 'said vehicle, and hydrauiic means connected between said body, and said, first 'machine tocounterbalance 'in part the. hydraulic forces ;tendingto cause axial movementof one --70;part of 'av slide pipe relative to another part thereofs' WIALTER FERRIS;

17. In a, vehicle havnganunder-carriage, ay, p o e journ l: oxes rra edfina a :und r 75 (References on -followng page) REFERENCES CITED gg The following references are of record in the 803240 file of this patem): %4,442

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